Chennai, Dec. 6 -- On the occasion of Mahaparinirvan Diwas, which is observed annually to commemorate the death anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar, TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) party leader and Tamil industry actor Vijay Thalapathy paid his respects to the late leader.

In his official X post, the TVK chief said, "Through the Constitution, he empowered the ordinary people and laid the foundation for everyone to receive legal rights--our ideological leader, the revolutionary Thanthai Periyar Ambedkar. On the occasion of his remembrance day, I paid my respects by garlanding his portrait at our office. In the path shown by Thanthai Ambedkar, we pledge to uphold and protect social justice, equality, fraternity, and secularism."

Prime Minister N...